I finally F***ed up my SVX

[SilverSpear]

I was heading back home from my friend’s house (just 4 hours ago) which was 5 minutes away from mine, doing 90 Km/h on an open road at 2am, when suddenly a Mercedes blocked my path at no more than 60 feet in front of me. I had three choices, either cut it in half killing everyone inside it (they were 4) or hit a tree on my left, killing myself, or try to avoid everyone and go to the right which I had the most space than the other two but go into a gas station which I had some narrow space to try to evade everything…

Steered to the right, locked my wheels but the car kept crawling until I hit first a 6 inch high sidewalk on which the car bounced a went into the store which closes the gas station’s door (at a point where it was about to stop). I stepped outside the car shaking… and examined my front end. Bumper broken, fender bent, wheel cracked, lower assembly bent, headlight broken from underneath it, corner broken also, oil leaking out from my front differential. I guess the axle messed something inside it… here is how the accident happened:



Grey is me heading upwards, Blue is Mercedes blocking my path while coming from the left, Orange on the left is the tree with its round sidewalk, Red is a parked car near the gas fillers, White shape on the right is the gas station and in front of it, the three black dots are the fillers and in between is the tight space which I was attempting… and the orange dots are my path with wheels locking.

The good news is that the damage is limited to exterior parts while the chassis and the fender side of the engine are intact. I am concerned about the front differential.

Another good news is that today I have located a wrecked black SVX in Northern Lebanon, so I will be checking it for parts on Monday. Here are some pictures of the accident:

[SVXRide]

Sorry about the accident, Danny.
Anything you can do about getting the MB driver to help with the rebuild?
-Bill

[SilverSpear]

The worse thing is that the MB driver had no driver's license, no insurance and was held liable of 100% of the whole accident. Traffic laws in here judje that he was the cause of the accident, and because he had no driver's license, he will be liable for 100% for the damaged he caused me and for the gas station.

But I was really scr*w*d now because he is refusing to pay saying that we didn't even touch, so he had nothing to do with the accident.

the damage will cost me as a first estimate about $1500 in parts and fiberglass and paint.. and if I file a lawsuit against him, it could take years to get into a verdict and will cost 3 times more than the accident is worth..

I guess I had my christmas gift this year.

It is now 6.30 am, I havent slept yet, i am tired I cannot even see what I am typing, so pls excuse me guys, I need to get some sleep and wake up later with a clear conscious...

[YellowBird]

So sorry that happened.

But the accident that took my 94 was pretty much the same, save the MB. A kid followed another car through an illegal turn - stopped right in the middle of the intersection when he finally saw me. Hell, I thought he was gonna keep going (I saw him) and there would not have been a problem, but he didn't - he admitted to the cop that he froze.

I clipped his rear quarter, setting off both airbags and ended up crossing the two north bound lanes (I was heading south) and ending up on that side on the shoulder.

I do remember looking through the airbag and seeing the front end of a truck as I was crossing the North bound lanes- lucky to still be here I guess.

The kid was crying by the time I pulled myself together and got out of the SVX - those damn air bags had me tangled up a bit.

It could've been worse. You had an angel with you.

[RojoRocket]

That bites Danny. Glad you 're OK however, and the car's back on the road soon.
As far as the MB driver, What comes around goes around.

Glenn

[AppStateSVX]

dang, I'm sorry to hear about that. Thank God you are ok though, wow, that could have been a very bad situation

[DreamingOfSpeed]

I'm sorry for you accident but it seems to me you were going a bit faster than you should have so close to an intersection (55 MPH for those American who cant do conversions ) late at night people do weird things and dont necessarily pay as close attention to the road so i generally driver slower and pay closer attention for morons who dont see me (like the 3 yr boy who fell on his scooter at 11 pm less than a car length from my car. i missed him by a few inches even though all i remember seeing was the flash of his scooter falling b/c he was wearing all black. yup 3 yrs old in the road in black at 11pm.)

At least its pretty much all repairable. did you exchange insurance (if you do that where your from) and all that stuff? Or did he consider it none of his fault and left the scene. i bet anyone in the gas station was more even afraid than you! Did you have to deal with the store attendants and al that too?

[svxxx26]

Originally Posted by DreamingOfSpeed

I'm sorry for you accident but it seems to me you were going a bit faster than you should have so close to an intersection (55 MPH for those American who cant do conversions ) late at night people do weird things and dont necessarily pay as close attention to the road so i generally driver slower and pay closer attention for morons who dont see me (like the 3 yr boy who fell on his scooter at 11 pm less than a car length from my car. i missed him by a few inches even though all i remember seeing was the flash of his scooter falling b/c he was wearing all black. yup 3 yrs old in the road in black at 11pm.)

At least its pretty much all repairable. did you exchange insurance (if you do that where your from) and all that stuff? Or did he consider it none of his fault and left the scene. i bet anyone in the gas station was more even afraid than you! Did you have to deal with the store attendants and al that too?

The MB driver had no insurance.

IMO, 55 mph on an open road isn't really all that fast, intersection or not.

Danny, I know the sight of your SVX in such sad shape had to just make you sick. Hope you're able to get it back together soon.

[pavanbabut]

Originally Posted by SilverSpear

I was heading back home from my friend’s house (just 4 hours ago) which was 5 minutes away from mine, doing 90 Km/h on an open road at 2am, when suddenly a Mercedes blocked my path at no more than 60 feet in front of me. I had three choices, either cut it in half killing everyone inside it (they were 4) or hit a tree on my left, killing myself, or try to avoid everyone and go to the right which I had the most space than the other two but go into a gas station which I had some narrow space to try to evade everything…

Steered to the right, locked my wheels but the car kept crawling until I hit first a 6 inch high sidewalk on which the car bounced a went into the store which closes the gas station’s door (at a point where it was about to stop). I stepped outside the car shaking… and examined my front end. Bumper broken, fender bent, wheel cracked, lower assembly bent, headlight broken from underneath it, corner broken also, oil leaking out from my front differential. I guess the axle messed something inside it… here is how the accident happened:



Grey is me heading upwards, Blue is Mercedes blocking my path while coming from the left, Orange on the left is the tree with its round sidewalk, Red is a parked car near the gas fillers, White shape on the right is the gas station and in front of it, the three black dots are the fillers and in between is the tight space which I was attempting… and the orange dots are my path with wheels locking.

The good news is that the damage is limited to exterior parts while the chassis and the fender side of the engine are intact. I am concerned about the front differential.

Another good news is that today I have located a wrecked black SVX in Northern Lebanon, so I will be checking it for parts on Monday. Here are some pictures of the accident:

Hey Dan,

tht sucks, i know ur feeling about it. Everyone will be having bad days sometime and we have to get thru tht boldly (which is exactly what I am goin thru now). Lemme know if u need any help from me (u know wht i mean )

-Pavan.

[SilverSpear]

Today I went to the guy and found that he and his family (he alone has 11 brothers and sisters) own 5 XT's, 4 legacies, 6 impreza's, 1 daihatsu feroza, 2 SVX's........ they can open a D*mn dealership branch in their location!!! the pics speak for themselves:

Starting with the SVX's:











The burgundy is pretty much beaten up as for the Silver, it is still brand new. still the original paint, interior is flawless... but no EG33!!!!!!

We was asking $3000 for both but because the Silver has a 4 year unpaid taxes, along with penalties amounted to $1500. So My best offer was $1000 for both. Hoping he accepts!!!

[SilverSpear]

here are the part of the rest..











Sorry I forgot to mention that he showed me a picture of his and his brothers' 16 XT's lined up in front of their house dated 17/5/1998. I was stupid enough not to take a picture of them...

[SilverSpear]

The bodyshop works, this one of the top in the country:
Maybe I can convince you by those pictures that labor is cheap here. Maybe in the states it is cheaper for you to replace a damaged fender by a new one than fixing it. The new fender costs $105 at the dealership here, but fixing it costs less, near $50 in metal works alone without paint. here are the pictures:







As for Fiberglass, here is a mold for the projectors area:

[SilverSpear]

More fiberglass pictures:
Those are preliminary pics, i will update when improvement is reached:



Sorry it was raining and one cannot work with fiberglass in a closed garage, so I had to open the door causing some water from rain to come inside as you see in the floor



Sorry for the low resolution Pics